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The problem with pain scales (Rate your pain from 1 to 10)

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Iron Woode said:
My "10" was 4 days of suffering with a 5mm kidney stone. The amount of pain from that was staggering. I have a high pain tolerance but that was unbelievably painful.

The only thing that helped was IV toradol. Opiates just don't do anything for me.
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I'm not looking forward to when I get my turn with those. They say it usually happens at age 30 and I'm 32 so it's pretty much a ticking time bomb. It's a one time thing though right? Like once you go through it once it's over?
 
Muse said:
I've never encountered anybody assessing their pain on a 10 scale. My medical visits are private. I suppose if you were in an ER you might be witness to such conversations. ???
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PT office and procedure prep/recovery area

MagnusTheBrewer said:
Some folks never get them. Others get them over and over again. It's not a one and done. I believe diet plays a major role.
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It can. You can get it analyzed so they can tell you contributing factors. When I had mine I decided I preferred to not bring a little strainer to work to pee in so I never found out what mine was.
 
Red Squirrel said:
I'm not looking forward to when I get my turn with those. They say it usually happens at age 30 and I'm 32 so it's pretty much a ticking time bomb. It's a one time thing though right? Like once you go through it once it's over?
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my uncle first got one around 50, but nobody in my immediate family has ever gotten one. i drink a crapton of water which supposedly helps, and also don't eat much sodium (always test below the safe blood limit) or red meat.

except chocolate. i can't stop eating a little that stuff, but i really should.
 
brianmanahan said:
my uncle first got one around 50, but nobody in my immediate family has ever gotten one. i drink a crapton of water which supposedly helps, and also don't eat much sodium (always test below the safe blood limit) or red meat.

except chocolate. i can't stop eating a little that stuff, but i really should.
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Is chocolate that bad, a serious contributor to risk for kidney stones?

Chocolate is so divinely delicious, the better stuff. My current favorite is plain and almond Dove pieces. I don't eat all that much of it, maybe average a couple pieces/day.
 
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Muse said:
Is chocolate that bad, a serious contributor to risk for kidney stones?

Chocolate is so devinely delicious, the better stuff. My current favorite is plain and almond Dove pieces. I don't eat all that much of it, maybe average a couple pieces/day.
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i saw it mentioned as a possible cause on the mayo clinic site. it has a high oxalate content, and they say this is a factor in causing the stones. nuts also have a high oxalate content.

tbh this is probably not going to stop me either. every couple weeks i buy a bar of fancy %80+ dark chocolate - usually green & black's, but sometimes other kinds if they're on sale.

dove is good stuff too, so silky smooth.
 
Red Squirrel said:
Chocolate and poutine are probably my biggest weakness. Not together, separately.
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Poutine? Just looked it up, originated in Quebec ~1950. Figure it's delicious, you are Canadian, so yeah. Never heard of it before. Chocolate? Well, it's everywhere. I'm not addicted, though. I'm not addicted to anything. Closest is coffee, but I have no withdrawal symptoms if I don't drink it.
 
lol I'm at that point myself. Used to only really drink coffee at work, now it's the first thing I do after I finish showering, even on a day off. I don't THINK I'm addicted, but alcoholics also think they arn't addicted to alcohol...
 
Red Squirrel said:
lol I'm at that point myself. Used to only really drink coffee at work, now it's the first thing I do after I finish showering, even on a day off. I don't THINK I'm addicted, but alcoholics also think they arn't addicted to alcohol...
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In the AM, coffee wins out. When I started traveling for work and couldn't have any until I got to the next office...ugh...headaches.
 
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